Assembling MLB 's worst contracts gets tougher every year. While Manny Machado and Bryce Harper eventually got paid the superstar money they deserved, few others cashed in too handsomely this offseason...

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks is the latest beneficiary of Major League Baseball's rush of contract extensions. The Cubs announced Hendricks signed a four-year extension Tuesday...

Los Angeles has a strong chance to become the first team since the 1923 Yankees to lose two World Series in a row and return for a third try.

There was a time when Major League Baseball was less predictable. Specifically, the American League used to be wide-open and would feature at least 10 teams that could go into the season thinking about the playoffs...

Chicago Cubs designate reliever Brian Duensing for assignment

Chicago Cubs option Ian Happ to minors after struggling during spring training

Manny Machado impresses San Padres Padres with baseball IQ

Sure, grandchildren are delightful little descendants lighting up my friends' worlds, but I'm happy to hang out with my mutts. For now, anyway.

Indians three-time All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor moved closer to returning from a right calf strain. Yet his status for opening day on March 28 at Minnesota remains uncertain.

Royals beat Cubs 8-6

If you're one of the best players in Major League Baseball, teams are ready to print money to keep you happy...

At Senegal’s largest national park, poachers seem to outnumber the wildlife, and a highway runs through the middle. So rangers celebrate even small victories, like hints of a pachyderm’s presence.

Wolves lead and dogs follow - but both can cooperate with us, say experts studying wolves tamed from birth.

It might sound like a strange job but when you see the end product it definitely produces the cutest result.

LHP Minor tabbed opening day starter for Rangers against the Cubs

Ben Gamel and Tyler Saladino hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth to power the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-5 win over the Chicago Cubs

The stories you may have missed this week.

The Cubs have won more games over the last four seasons than any other team — including their magical 2016 title run — but Theo Epstein has instilled a win-now sense in Chicago.

Texas Rangers pitcher Luke Farrell was removed from Saturday's spring training game against the San Francisco Giants after being hit in the face by a line drive. Per ESPN...

Hareth Najem fled Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.

In an era when there's so much information — so much content — that we can never, ever be bored, I've come to a breaking point: I'm giving up podcasts. My brain is melted from an onslaught of news and takes. I've come to realize that I'm overwhelmed and the o…

The mountain lion strangled by a Colorado man after it attacked him on a jogging trail last month was a young cub, weighing no more than 40 pounds (18 kg) and likely orphaned but not starving, state wildlife officials said on Friday.

Three cougar cubs are safe and sound after wandering around in the woods all alone because their mother had been killed. Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story.

Future Hall of Famer Jason Witten isn’t the first former star to come out of retirement. Here’s a sampling of other stars who couldn’t stay away.

Welcome to Fat Bear Week at Mashable! Each fall, Katmai National Park holds a competition as Alaska’s brown bears finish fattening up for their long winter hibernation. This year, Mashable is getting in on the salmon-munching action. Check back with us all we…

RT @Cubs: The Bears beat the Commanders 17-3! Suzuki: 4-for-6, HR, 3 RBI Wisdom: 2-for-4, go-ahead HR Cubs Offense: 17 unanswered runs htt…

RT @WatchMarquee: P-Wizzy leads the @Cubs with 17 home runs! https://t.co/WaAqbHtaJU

Happy Birthday to the late Phil Cavarretta, out of Chicago, Illinois; 22 year @MLB career ( 20 with the @Cubs 2nd most in franchise history behind Cap Anson’s 22) .293 lifetime average, 95 HR’s, 920 RBI; 4X All Star, MVP 1945, NL Batting Champion 1945, @Cubs HOF; Cavarretta was… https://t.co/IWemS5D1GW https://t.co/6UD0FMK0Qj

if any of y’all are cool enough to pray for some bears: please pray for sweet bear 101 and her two cubs! she’s a newer mom, and is gonna need all the vibes we can send!!!!

RT @WatchMarquee: Cubs! Runs! Cubs! https://t.co/MFmT1Mz40j

RT @BNightengale: Crazy night in MLB: 11 teams score 10+runs for the 1st time since 1894,per @EliasSports #Cubs: 17 runs #Dbacks: 16 runs…

RT @CubsZone: WISDOM ON TO WAVELAND https://t.co/4o5axpXD9U

RT @WatchMarquee: CUBS WIN! https://t.co/gmofteiJpx

RT @WatchMarquee: CUBS WIN! https://t.co/gmofteiJpx

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

The Cubs bullpen tossed six shutout innings but early timely hitting and a sensational start from Carlos Pena gave the Whitecaps a 4-0 victory on Tuesday. RECAP: https://t.co/v4aUF0cPWv https://t.co/1ZnCwOSXzc

RT @CHGO_Cubs: We all needed this https://t.co/KYOzEQNNSb

RT @Cubs: Next stop: Cooperstown! https://t.co/uExrLzABYd

RT @CubsZone: WISDOM ON TO WAVELAND https://t.co/4o5axpXD9U

RT @_lokeshsharma: Good news from Ranthambore... Tigress T-124 has been spotted with newborn cubs. New members in the tiger family of #Raja…

It is great for Seiya suzuki he got 4 hits including a HR in last night's big win for the Cubs.

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

RT @WatchMarquee: CUBS WIN! https://t.co/gmofteiJpx

RT @Cubs: The Bears beat the Commanders 17-3! Suzuki: 4-for-6, HR, 3 RBI Wisdom: 2-for-4, go-ahead HR Cubs Offense: 17 unanswered runs htt…

RT @_lokeshsharma: Good news from Ranthambore... Tigress T-124 has been spotted with newborn cubs. New members in the tiger family of #Raja…

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

RT @CubsZone: WISDOM ON TO WAVELAND https://t.co/4o5axpXD9U

RT @WatchMarquee: CUBS WIN! https://t.co/gmofteiJpx

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RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

RT @MLBHR: Patrick Wisdom - Chicago Cubs (16) 2-run 398 feet +400

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

10:00am 11 Lion on the move "4 lionesses and 7 cubs." H4-2, 1km S of Lower Sabie 5/5 Tinged by Slim and Ash https://t.co/tO2NboE2dh

RT @BNightengale: Crazy night in MLB: 11 teams score 10+runs for the 1st time since 1894,per @EliasSports #Cubs: 17 runs #Dbacks: 16 runs…

RT @Cubs: The Bears beat the Commanders 17-3! Suzuki: 4-for-6, HR, 3 RBI Wisdom: 2-for-4, go-ahead HR Cubs Offense: 17 unanswered runs htt…

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

RT @Cubs: Cubs win! Final: #Cubs 17, Nationals 3. https://t.co/EAcdWkpxFX

RT @NatGeo: Cheetah cubs crawl over their mother at Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya https://t.co/YXjSJJGiK1

RT @NatGeo: Cheetah cubs crawl over their mother at Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya https://t.co/YXjSJJGiK1

RT @BNightengale: Crazy night in MLB: 11 teams score 10+runs for the 1st time since 1894,per @EliasSports #Cubs: 17 runs #Dbacks: 16 runs…

RT @FoxFairyProject: FoxFairy grants 5 WLs to fox cubs who join the magical registration. Unlock the mysteries of the forest and be rewarde…

RT @Cubs: The Bears beat the Commanders 17-3! Suzuki: 4-for-6, HR, 3 RBI Wisdom: 2-for-4, go-ahead HR Cubs Offense: 17 unanswered runs htt…

Good news for wildlife lovers. In Dhela Rescue Centre, Corbett Tiger Reserve, a tigress gave birth of three cubs yesterday. The tigress was rescued from the southern boundary of CTR a few months back. Her leg gets injured in a trap. Pic courtesy: TOI (symbolic) https://t.co/h2R4sIwUUH

RT @WatchMarquee: CUBS WIN! https://t.co/gmofteiJpx